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Elaine Talbert

I am a secondary school principal, currently undertaking a research project on web 2.0 learning tools at the NSW Department of Education and Training’s Centre for Learning Innovation.  I am exploring the use of web 2.0 applications in teaching and learning in secondary education. Tools for social networking and social bookmarking for classroom use are of particular interest. Issues of online collaboration and issues of privacy and safety for students are of great concern.

Elaine's Top 10 Tools as at 18 March 2008

  1. My personalised igoogle page is my start page.  I have almost everything I need connected to this page. It seems that there is something new from google each week that enhances my web 2.0 experience.

  2. Google reader is an absolutely phenomenal aggregator. This is another of my main source of web 2.0 updates daily. I use the same search terms for each of the tools I use, only expanding them as new concepts and tools appear out of the “blue sky”

  3. Google alerts into my email box each day, provides me with links to articles, blog posts and so on according to my search terms. I have set up about 5 alerts and it is very manageable.

  4. My slideshare space and groups are also a fundamental part of my research and networking. This site is for sharing powerpoint slideshows and much more. It is used by a number of web gurus across the world and for this reason alone is worth the time. I enjoy receiving posts from users and seeing the number of users my groups’ attract increase.

  5. My del.icio.us space is posted numerous times each day. I have found tools that link del.icio.us to some of my other favourites and this I hope will be very useful.

  6. My wikispace wiki has been a wonderful tool to collect and collate my many valuable web finds. The page set up allows the visitor to explore my finds and web 2.0 learning journey.

  7. I have set up a blog using Blogger and use this as an occasional reflection tool.  I am enjoying linking other tools to my blog.

  8. I enjoy creating Powerpoint slideshows for presentations and sharing them on Slideshare. It is important for me to give back to this brilliant resource.

  9. I wouldn’t go very far in cyberspace without a browser. I am enjoying using Firefox at the moment.

  10. I use a little tool on my Mac called Snapz to snap little pictures out of web pages and other documents.  This is the best way to create graphics for presentations.

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